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Women's studies, also known as feminist studies, is an interdisciplinary academic field that explores politics, society, media, and history from women's and/or feminist perspectives. Popular methodologies within the field of women's studies include standpoint theory, intersectionality, multiculturalism, transnational feminism, autoethnography, and reading practices associated with critical theory, post-structuralism, and queer theory. The field researches and critiques societal norms of gender, race, class, sexuality, and other social inequalities. It is closely related to the broader field of gender studies.
Women's studies were first born as an academic rubric apart from other departments in the late 1960s, as the second wave of feminism gained political influence in the academy through student and faculty activism. As an academic discipline, it was modeled on the American studies and ethnic studies (such as Afro-American studies) and Chicano Studies programs that had arisen shortly before it.[citation needed]
The first accredited Women's Studies course was held in 1969 at Cornell University.[1] The first two Women's Studies Programs in the United States were established in 1970 at San Diego State College (now San Diego State University) and SUNY-Buffalo. The SDSU program was initiated after a year of intense organizing of women's consciousness raising groups, rallies, petition circulating, and operating unofficial or experimental classes and presentations before seven committees and assemblies.[2] Carol Rowell Council was the student co-founder along with Dr. Joyce Nower, a literature instructor. The SUNY-Buffalo program was also the result of intense debate and feminist organizing led by Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy, and it was eventually birthed out of the American Studies department. In 1972, Sarah Lawrence College became the first institution to grant Masters degrees in Women's History. Throughout the later 1970s many universities and colleges created departments and programs in women's studies, and professorships became available in the field which did not require the sponsorship of other departments.[citation needed] The first Ph.D. program in Women's Studies was established at Emory University in 1990.[1]
By the late twentieth century, women's studies courses were available at many universities and colleges around the world. A 2007 survey conducted by the National Women's Studies Association included 576 institutions offering women's studies or gender studies at some level.[citation needed] As of 2012, there are 16 institutions offering a Ph.D. in the United States.[3][4] Courses in the United Kingdom can be found through the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service.[5]
In Canada, one of the first women's studies courses was offered in Toronto at the University of Toronto, as well as at universities in Montreal and Waterloo. The evolution of these programs are well documented in "Minds of her own: Inventing Feminist Scholarship and Women's Studies in Canada and Quebec, 1966-76", edited by Wendy Robbins, Meg Luxton, Margrit Eichler and Francine Descarries, published by Wilfrid Laurier University Press (2008).
The University of Toronto through the Institute of Women's Studies and Gender Studies is poised to celebrate the 40th anniversary of its program. In 1971-72 the first course was held there. Two of the co-founders of the program are Ceta Ramkhalawansingh and Kay Armatage. In 1970 while still an undergraduate and a member of the University's Inter-disciplinary Studies Committee, Ceta worked with a team of graduate students to mobilise for the program. A group of graduate students along with a Faculty member taught the first program in the fall of 1971. The story of this program is partially documented in two essays in "Minds of her own". Kay Armatage contributed "Blood on the Chapel Floor: Adventures in Women's Studies". The title comes from the fact that the office and seminar room for the program was in an old chapel in a former mansion at 97 St. George Street on the St. George Campus of the University of Toronto. Ceta Ramkhalawansingh contributed "Women's Sight: Looking backwards into Women's Studies in Toronto".
Methodologies and curricula[edit]
Women's studies faculty practice a diverse array of pedagogies. However, there are common themes to the ways that many women's studies courses are taught; ideally, teaching and learning practices draw on feminist pedagogy. Women's studies curricula often encourage students to participate in service-learning activities in addition to discussion and reflection upon course materials. The development of critical reading, writing, and oral expression are often key to these courses, which can be listed across curricula in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences.[vague] The decentralization of the professor as the source of knowledge is often fundamental to women's studies classroom culture.[6] Courses are often more egalitarian than those in traditional disciplines, stressing the critical analysis of texts, the development of critical writing, and the assertion of well-reasoned personal experience as a source of knowledge. Not dissimilar to gender studies, women's studies employs feminist, queer, and critical theories.[citation needed] Since the 1970s, scholars of women's studies have taken post-modern approaches to understanding gender as it intersects with race, class, ethnicity, sexuality, religion, age, and (dis)ability to produce and maintain power structures within society. With this turn, there has been a focus on language, subjectivity, and social hegemony, and how the lives of subjects, however they identify, are constituted. At the core of these theories is the notion that however one identifies, gender, sex, and sexuality are not intrinsic, but are socially constructed.[citation needed]
Women studies programs are involved in social justice and design curricula that are embedded with theory and also activism outside of the classroom. Some Women Studies programs offer internships that are community-based allowing students the opportunity to gain a better understanding of how oppression directly affects women's lives. This experience, informed by theory from feminist studies, queer theory, black feminist theory, African studies, and many other theoretical frameworks, allows students the opportunity to critically analyze experience as well as create creative solutions for issues on a local level.[citation needed] However, Daphne Patai, from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has criticized this aspect of women's studies programs, arguing that they place politics over education, arguing that "the strategies of faculty members in these programs have included policing insensitive language, championing research methods deemed congenial to women (such as qualitative over quantitative methods), and conducting classes as if they were therapy sessions."[7] It is important to note, however, that many Women's Studies curricula engage with a variety of different epistemological and methodological practices.[vague] Feminist scholarship is diverse and utilizes positivism, critical realism, and standpoint theory in its interdisciplinary scholarship.[8][vague]
Feminist activism not only focuses on women's issues but has spread throughout many other movements including (but not limited to) environmental issues, body politics, feminist art, identity issues, reproductive rights, gender issues, animal rights, homosexual rights, and ethnic minority rights. These forms of activism can include letter writing, boycotting, protesting, the visual arts, bodily demonstrations, education, and leafleting. In current feminism, the focus has shifted to encompass an outlook and desire for equality for all—identifying oppressive systems and forces around the world that affect all types of beings. Feminist activism explores the intersections of social, political, and cultural histories (among various others denominators), their implications, and dedicates time and energy to the liberation of all people from injustices.[citation needed][vague]
Simply studying or being a student of women's studies can be seen as activism in it of itself; others consider women's studies to be an academic field which is separate from the feminist movement.
Some of the most predominant institutions to have women's studies programs at the undergraduate or graduate level include the University Of California system, Emory University, and universities in Michigan, Wisconsin, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and New York.[9]
Many women's studies courses are designed to explore the intersectionality of gender and other topics. For example, in gender and science research, the sciences are explored and critiqued through feminism, as when Anne Fausto-Sterling, Professor of Biology at Brown University, explores biology through the feminist lens. Through her research, she has published many books on the topic including Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality in 2000 and The Five Sexes: Why Male and Female Are Not Enough.
See also[edit]
- Separatist Feminism
- Gender Feminism
- Feminist economics
- Feminist theory
- French feminism
- Gender studies
- Men's studies
- Social criticism
- Women artists
- Women's history
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- ^ SDSU Women's Studies Department
- ^ NWSA searchable database
- ^ Artemis Guide to Women's Studies in the U.S.
- ^ Universities and Colleges Admissions Service, United Kingdom
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- ^ Patai, Daphne (January 23, 1998). "Why Not A Feminist Overhaul of Higher Education?". 'Why Not A Feminist Overhaul of Higher Education?'. Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
- ^ Sprague, Joey. Feminist Methodologies for Critical Researchers: Bridging Differences. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira, 2005.
- ^ "Women's History." U.S. News & World Report.com. U.S. News & World Report, 2009. Web. 20 Nov 2012.
- Borland, K. (1991). That's not what I said: Interpretive conflict in oral narrative research. In Giuck, S. & Patai, D. (Eds.), Women's Words: The Feminist Practice of Oral History (pp 63–76). NY: Routledge
- Brooks, A. (2007). Feminist standpoint epistemology: Building knowledge and empowerment through women's lived experiences. In Hesse-Biber, S.N. & Leavy, P.L. (Eds.), Feminist Research Practice (pp. 53–82). CA: Sage Publications.
- Brooks, A. & Hesse-Biber, S.N. (2007). An invitation to feminist research. In Hesse-Biber, S.N. & Leavy, P.L. (Eds.), Feminist Research Practice (pp. 1–24). CA: Sage Publications.
- Buch, E.D. & Staller, K.M. (2007). The feminist practice of ethnography. In Hesse-Biber, S.N. & Leavy, P.L. (Eds.), Feminist Research Practice (pp. 187–221). CA: Sage Publications.
- Dill, T.B & Zambrana, R. (2009) Emerging Intersections: Race, Class and Gender in Theory, Policy and Practice. NJ: Rutgers University Press.
- Fausto-Sterling, Anne (2000). Sexing the body: gender politics and the construction of sexuality. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-07714-5.
- Halse, C. & Honey, A. (2005). Unraveling ethics: Illuminating the moral dilemmas of research ethics. Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 30 (4), 2141-2162.
- Harding, S. (1987). Introduction: Is there a feminist method? In Harding, S. (ed.), Feminism & Methodology. (pp. 1–14). IN: Indiana University Press.
- Hesse-Biber, S.N. (2007). The practice of feminist in-depth interviewing. In Hesse-Biber, S.N. & Leavy, P.L. (Eds.), Feminist Research Practice (pp. 111–148). CA: Sage Publications.
- Hyam, M. (2004). Hearing girls' silences: Thoughts on the politics and practices of a feminist method of group discussion. Gender, Place, and Culture, 11 (1), 105-119.
- Leavy, P.L. (2007a). Feminist postmodernism and poststructuralism. In Hesse-Biber, S.N. & Leavy, P.L. (Eds.), Feminist Research Practice (pp. 83–108). CA: Sage Publications.
- Leavy, P.L. (2007b). The practice of feminist oral history and focus group interviews. In Hesse-Biber, S.N. & Leavy, P.L. (Eds.), Feminist Research Practice (pp. 149–186). CA: Sage Publications.
- Leavy, P.L. (2007c). The feminist practice of content analysis. In Hesse-Biber, S.N. & Leavy, P.L. (Eds.), Feminist Research Practice (pp. 223–248). CA: Sage Publications.
- Leckenby, D. (2007). Feminist empiricism: Challenging gender bias and "setting the record straight." In Hesse-Biber, S.N. & Leavy, P.L. (Eds.), Feminist Research Practice (pp. 27–52). CA: Sage Publications.
- Lykes, M.B. & Coquillon, E. (2006). Participatory and Action Research and feminisms: Towards Transformative Praxis. In Sharlene Hesse-Biber (Ed.). Handbook of Feminist Research: Theory and Praxis. CA: Sage Publications.
- Miner-Rubino, K. & Jayaratne, T.E. (2007). Feminist survey research. In Hesse-Biber, S.N. & Leavy, P.L. (Eds.), Feminist Research Practice (pp. 293–325). CA: Sage Publications.
Further reading[edit]
- Berkin, Carol R., Judith L. Pinch, and Carole S. Appel, Exploring Women's Studies: Looking Forward, Looking Back, 2005, ISBN 0-13-185088-1 OCLC 57391427
- Boxer, Marilyn J. (1998). When Women ask the Questions: Creating Women's Studies in America. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-5834-8. OCLC 37981599.
- Carter, Sarah, and Maureen Ritchie (1990). Women's Studies: A Guide to Information Sources. London, England and Jefferson, NC: Mansell and McFarland. ISBN 0-7201-2058-6. OCLC 20392079.
- Committee on Women's Studies in Asia (1995). Changing Lives: Life Stories of Asian Pioneers in Women's Studies. New York, NY: Feminist Press at the City University of New York. ISBN 1-55861-108-8. OCLC 31867161.
- Davis, Angela Y. (2003). Are Prisons Obsolete?, Open Media (April 2003), ISBN 1-58322-581-1
- Davis, Kathy, Mary Evans and Judith Lorber (editors) (2006). Handbook of Gender and Women's Studies. London, England; Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN 0-7619-4390-0. OCLC 69392297.
- Fausto-Sterling, Anne (1992). Myths of gender: biological theories about women and men. New York: BasicBooks. ISBN 0-465-04792-0.
- Fausto-Sterling, Anne (2000). Sexing the body: gender politics and the construction of sexuality. New York: Basic Books. ISBN 0-465-07714-5.
- Fausto-Sterling, Anne (2012). Sex/Gender: Biology in a Social World. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415881456.
- Grewal, Inderpal and Caren Kaplan, An Introduction to Women's Studies: Gender in a Transnational World, ISBN 0-07-109380-X OCLC 47161269
- Griffin, Gabriele (2005). Doing Women's Studies: Employment Opportunities, Personal Impacts and Social Consequences. London, England: Zed Books in association with the University of Hull and the European Union. ISBN 1-84277-501-4. OCLC 56641855.
- Ginsberg, Alice E. The Evolution of American Women's Studies: Reflections on Triumphs, Controversies and Change (Palgrave Macmillan: 2009). Online interview with Ginsberg
- Griffin, Gabriele and Rosi Braidotti (eds.), Thinking Differently : A Reader in European Women's Studies, London etc. : Zed Books, 2002 ISBN 1-84277-002-0 OCLC 49375751
- Howe, Florence (ed.), The Politics of Women's Studies: Testimony from Thirty Founding Mothers, Paperback edition, New York: Feminist Press 2001, ISBN 1-55861-241-6 OCLC 44313456
- Hunter College Women's Studies Collective (2005). Women's Realities, Women's Choices: An Introduction to Women's Studies (3rd edition ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-515035-X. OCLC 55870949.
- Jacobs, Sue-Ellen (1974). Women in Perspective: A Guide for Cross-Cultural Studies. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-00299-7. OCLC 1050797.
- Kennedy, Elizabeth Lapovsky and Agatha Beins (2005). Women's Studies for the Future: Foundations, Interrogations, Politics. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-3618-9. OCLC 56951279.
- Krikos, Linda A. and Cindy Ingold (2004). Women's Studies: A Recommended Bibliography (3rd edition ed.). Westport, CN: Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 1-56308-566-6. OCLC 54079621.
- Larson, Andrea and R. Edward Freeman (1997). Women's Studies and Business Ethics: Toward a New Conversation. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-510758-6. OCLC 35762696.
- Lederman, Muriel, and Ingrid Bartsch, eds. The Gender and Science Reader. New York: Routledge, 2001. Print.
- Loeb, Catherine, Susan E. Searing, and Esther F. Lanigan (1987). Women's Studies: A Recommended Core Bibliography, 1980-1985. Littleton, CO: Libraries Unlimited. ISBN 0-87287-472-9. OCLC 14716751.
- Luebke, Barbara F. and Mary Ellen Reilly (1995). Women's Studies Graduates: The First Generation. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, Teachers College, Columbia University. ISBN 0-8077-6274-1. OCLC 31076831.
- MacNabb, Elizabeth L. (2001). Transforming the Disciplines: A Women's Studies Primer. New York, NY: Haworth Press. ISBN 1-56023-959-X. OCLC 44118091.
- Messer-Davidow, Ellen, Disciplining Feminism : From Social Activism to Academic Discourse, Durham, NC etc. : Duke University Press, 2002 ISBN 0-8223-2829-1 OCLC 47705543
- Patai, Daphne and Noretta Koertge (2003). Professing Feminism: Education and Indoctrination in Women's Studies (New and Expanded edition ed.). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. ISBN 0-7391-0454-3. OCLC 50228164.
- Rao, Aruna (1991). Women's Studies International: Nairobi and Beyond. New York, NY: Feminist Press at the City University of New York. ISBN 1-55861-031-6. OCLC 22490140.
- Rogers, Mary F. and C. D. Garrett (2002). Who's Afraid of Women's Studies?: Feminisms in Everyday Life. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. ISBN 0-7591-0173-6. OCLC 50530054.
- Rosenberg, Roberta (2001). Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Anthology. New York, NY: Peter Lang. ISBN 0-8204-4443-X. OCLC 45115816.
- Schiebinger, Londa. Has Feminism Changed Science?. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999. Print.
- Ruth, Sheila, Issues In Feminism: An Introduction to Women's Studies, 2000, ISBN 0-7674-1644-9 OCLC 43978372
- Simien, Evelyn M. (2007). "Black Feminist Theory: Charting a Course for Black Women's Studies in Political Science". In Kristin Waters and Carol B. Conaway. Black Women's Intellectual Traditions: Speaking their Minds. Burlington, VT and Hanover, NH: University of Vermont Press and the University Press of New England. ISBN 978-1-58465-633-3. OCLC 76140356.
- Tierney, Helen (1989-1991). Women's Studies Encyclopedia. New York, NY: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-24646-7. OCLC 18779445.
- Wiegman, Robyn (editor), Women's Studies on Its Own: A Next Wave Reader in Institutional Change, Duke University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-8223-2950-6 OCLC 49421587
External links[edit]
|Wikiversity has learning materials about Women's Studies
- Smith College List of Graduate Programs in Women's Studies and Gender Studies
- WSSLinks: women's studies web links from the American Library Association
- Women's Studies web resources
- Feminist Theory and Criticism 1. 1963-1972
- Center for Women's Studies of Tehran University, Iran
- The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society
- Karen Lerhman, Off Course, Mother Jones, September 1993
- Main focus "Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte in Westfalen"
- List of Women's Studies Programs around the World
- List of Women's Studies Programs in the United States
- Women's Studies Resources from WIDNET: Women in Development Network
- Kay Armatage's Archival papers are held at the University of Toronto Archives and Record Management Services

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Rockdale County's 4-H Office announced this week that three 4-H alumnae have earned positions of leadership at 4-H Camps around the state. For the 2008 Georgia 4-H Summer Camping Program, Brittany Johnson, center, is the lead counselor at Fortson 4-H Center. Two Rockdale alumnae will be at the Rock Eagle 4-H Center - Megan Bailey, right, is the special interest program coordinator and Brittani Kelley, left, is the sports and recreation coordinator. Sixteen 4-H alumnae were chosen for leadership positions out of 36 applicants. The three women, who were active in the county's 4-H program, attend college and have served as camp counselors at 4-H Camp for the last two to three summers, along with working in their local 4-H offices. For more information about Rockdale County's 4-H program, call the Rockdale County Cooperative Extension Office at 770-785-5952.
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Surely we can now hope to see a consensus here in the UK that embraces renewables, alongside gas and nuclear, as part of a diverse energy mix"
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As one who finds local government not only interesting, but bursting with dramatic potential, I've noticed that there are still amazingly few plays featuring Wolverhampton councillors."
Dial M For Murder is propelled by greed and deception with a marvellous twist at the end"
If you get a chance have a look at a book that is causing something of a sensation among both economists and politicians across the world.
The Ukraine crisis has made the challenge of weaning itself off Russian gas, and to diversify sources of supply, a major priority for the EU.
Members of the public are already suffering from the cuts to legal aid and from March 20 will feel the effects of cuts to criminal legal aid.
We have grown so used to bland budgets over the last few years that George Osborne's pronouncements a couple of weeks ago left virtually everyone flabbergasted.
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David Cameron visited Birmingham Airport last week, effusively welcoming the announcement that 8,000 new jobs would be created.
Steven McCabe explores Alex Ferguson's appointment as a teacher at Harvard Business School.
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Hunter Bennett, has been awarded the College of Engineering Dean's Medal for Academic Excellence for 2014. This honor reflects Hunter's hard work, leadership, and tremendous contributions to the Department of Bioengineering during his time here. Congratulations, Hunter!
UW Bioengineering senior Hunter Bennett receives 2014 College of Engineering Dean's Medal
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Whether she's inspiring undergraduates to explore new areas of knowledge or unlocking the scientific curiosity of K-12 students, Dianne Hendricks looks for way to make a lasting impact. The new full-time lecturer in UW Bioengineering brings to her role expertise in laboratory teaching, mentoring and outreach.
BIOE-AP Student Workshop Series: Networking 101
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UW Bioengineering professor Buddy Ratner explains the history of biomaterials from antiquity to today in a recent TED Blog story
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2014 BIOE Awards for Faculty, Staff and Graduate Student Announced
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Bioengineering Graduation Celebration: Friday, June 13, 2014
Save the date! UW Bioengineering's Graduation Celebration will be held on Friday, June 13th, 2014 in Hogness Auditorium
2014 Rushmer Lecture: Paul Yock, Stanford University: The (radically) changing landscape in biomedical technology innovation
Dr. Paul Yock, the Martha Meier Weiland Professor of Medicine and Mechanical Engineering (by courtesy) and Founding Co-Chair of Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University, will present the 26th Annual Rushmer Lecture. The Rushmer Lecture annually recognizes Robert F. Rushmer, the founder of UW Bioengineering.
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We're looking for volunteers to help out at the Enduro of Subdued Excitement on May 4th. You'll get a subdued t-shirt, lunch and at least one cold Kulshan in the beer garden. Timing is going to be significantly easier and require less folks due to the use of the new sportident system that uses RFID timing chips. Please e-mail our Trail Director Eric Brown (who has organized this entire event) if you're interested: email@example.com
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Lake Whatcom Reconveyance Planning Meeting
Tuesday, April 29th at 6:30pm
Bellingham Senior Activity Center
315 Halleck Street, Bellingham
This is the first of several meetings to develop the plan for the future of Whatcom County's newest park area. Parks & Recreation Staff will present a brief overview of the process, challenges and lands involved. Participants will be asked to help identify important issues, goals and oppurtunites to assist the planning process.
Participate in the planning process by attending the planning meetings or follow the process online at http://www.whatcomcounty.us/parks
April 15th, Larrabee State Park Long-Term Management Plan Meeting
We need another stellar turnout from our community for round two of the Long-Term Management Plan Meeting for Larrabee State Park. Your attendance will help the State Parks better understand that mountain bikers are a growing user group and that the park should consider incorporating bike trails into their future trail plans.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
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PT, Upper Ridge, Cedar Dust and Bob's are now all open. There will still be logging activity on Family Fun Center early this week. Many thanks for the folks that helped out this morning and to our sponsor Performance Physical Therapy, Inc for breakfast and lunch! Keep checking in to learn about upcoming build days.
April 13th Build Day on Galbraith, Sponsored by Performance Physical Therapy
UPDATE: The build day will take place on the north side of Galbraith and we'll be working on repairing Ridge Trail, Cedar Dust, and Bob's. The tool trailer and central meeting place will be at the North Kiosk and we are still meeting at Lake Padden to carpool up to the site. Volunteers riding/hiking up to meet us from the north side, we recommend that you park at Whatcom Falls park in order to reduce traffic on Birch St.
There is a flurry of build activity on Galbraith due to the recent logging activity and we have chosen keep the next build day on Galbraith in order to restore the impacted trails. Come on out on Sunday, April 13th for the next monthly build day, which will be sponsored by Performance Physical Therapy. Plan on meeting above the Lake Padden softball fields at 8:45 to catch a ride up the mountain. The projects are yet to be determined but we'll be sure to let you know later this week. Bring water, good work clothes and a pair of gloves. We'll provide the rest.
If you can't make it to this build day, check our trail calendar to see what our TAP sponsors are up to and tag along.
April 4th Trail Day Summary: Zodiac Aerospace on Whoopsie Woodle
We had a small but dedicated crew of 16 volunteers from Zodiac Aerospace working on reopening a section of Whoopsie Woodle impacted by the recent logging last Friday. The trail was damaged beyond recognition and buried with debris, so a short reroute was put in above the logged area and through a small stand of cedars. The damaged section of trail had a couple switch back corners followed by a shallow creek crossing and a long straight uphill. The reroute will avoid the uphill straight section and cross the creek a bit higher up the hill which should keep the downhill flow of the trail going all the way to the rock slab corner down lower. Materials for a cedar bridge over the soggy creek are being gathered, and should be completed in the next week or two.
A big thank you to those who took a little time away from work to give back to the trails and Zodiac Aerospace for supporting the WMBC's TAP! The TAP volunteers will be back out again in a few weeks to pick up where we left off.
April 7th Galbraith Trail and Logging Update:
Quick update on Recent Trail work and Timber Harvest Activity:
Janicki Logging is going to stay on the mountain for an extra week with the goal of thinning in the Upper Ridge, FF Center, Upper Bob's and Cedar Dust areas. WE'D HIGHLY ENCOURAGE
RIDERS TO STAY OUT OF THIS AREA DURING WEEKDAYS UNTIL 3:30!! These trails will be flagged off with signage as necessary. If you absolutely must go up the north side during weekdays, please use the road from the Big Gnarly/viewpoint on the Ridge or alternatively go over to the Old UP by SST.
Trails that are NOW Open:
Evolution, U Line, Scorpion, Whoopsie Woodle, Papa Bear, Lost Sole and Goldilocks. Papa Bear, Lost Sole and Goldilocks were just cleared and will get some further cleanup this week. Lower Whoopsie Woodle will see a new bridge as well.
Trails that are currently or will be CLOSED:
Bob's and the Upper Ridge – Janicki is actively harvesting in this area.
PT is still really mushy, but Freehub Mag has gone in and done some impressive work to fix one of those sections. Hopefully with a bit more dry weather, it can get re-opened asap.
NOTE: Family Fun Center and Cedar Dust will be closed shortly.
March 24 Trail Update
Quick update on Timber harvesting and Trails:
Trails that are now OPEN:
Evolution, U Line and Scorpion. Please be careful with soft dirt on U Line jumps.
Trails still CLOSED:
PT – it's still really mushy, but Freehub Mag has gone in and done some impressive work to fix one of those sections and will be working on it more this week.
Lost Sole – This area was just finished logging and is about half covered in branches. We'll assess this area better this week.
Papa Bear – This area was just finished logging and is about half covered in branches.
Bob's – Janicki is actively harvesting in this area.
Trail Closures / Logging update
After Saturday's extensive dirt work and several WET days (3″ of rain) this week, we are asking riders to please stay off the below trails. They are very mucky and we need the dirt to firm up first.
As such, we have closed the following: Evolution, Scorpion, Unemployment Line and PT.
Trails that are open in that zone are:
Wonderland, Keystone, Kaiser, Mullet, Cheech and Chongs, Safety Break, Meth Lab, The Pigs, A Dog.
Also, Papa Bear and Lost Sole just finished getting logged. We'll assess how much work will be needed and get on those asap. We'll keep you posted on trailwork on those.
Northside Update:
Janicki crews are moving towards the 4 way intersection of Upper Bob's, The Ridge, Cedar Dust and FF Center. At this point, only Upper Bob's is shut down and flagged off. Please stay off of Bob's until further notice and we'll let folks know when the other trails are closing. At that point, north side access will be HIGHLY limited.
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Fredric G. Wetzel10:05 am | October 2, 2012
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Fredric George "Fred" Wetzel, 68, passed away on Saturday, September 29, 2012, at his residence surrounded by his loving family.
A native of Carter County, he was the son of the late George and Ella Grace Clemons Wetzel. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Thomas Wayne Wetzel.
Mr. Wetzel was a 1962 Elizabethton High School graduate, a 1965 East Tennessee State University graduate with a Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, and in 1980 with a Master's in Science Education. He was a member of Munsey Memorial Methodist Church, Kings Mountain Chapter S.A.R., Ole Timers Hiking Club and a lifetime member of Watauga Association of Genealogy (W.A.G.S.).
Fred was a high school chemistry teacher at Science Hill for 36 years before he retired. He received countless awards in the classroom over the years; but his highest achievement in the classroom was when a student's eyes would light up and then he knew they understood. A true educator at heart, he always measured his success through the successes of his students.
After retirement he found a passion for botany, especially in Japanese Maple Trees, on their farm in Virginia. Some of his favorite memories were either boating on Watauga Lake or hiking on the Appalachian Trail. He instilled his love of nature in all of his children and grandchildren, and enjoyed camping and biking with them as often as possible.
He leaves behind his loving wife, Lois Duncan Wetzel; his children, Kimberly Wetzel Pless and her husband Eddie, Kerrie Wetzel Sluder and her husband Brent, and Fredric Duncan Wetzel; grandchildren, Celia Katherine "Katie" Pless, Elijah Charles "Bo" Pless, Christopher Reece Bradford, Ethan Cole Sluder, David Cole Bradford, Evan Samuel Sluder and Samuel Fredric Bradford; and two sisters, Anna Sue Wetzel Peters and Mary Lou Wetzel, and a brother and sister-in-law, John and Nancy Duncan. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
The family will receive friends for Mr. Wetzel at Tetrick Funeral Services, 3001 Peoples Street, Johnson City, from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 3. A Celebration of Life service will be conducted immediately following at 7 p.m. in the Sunrise Chapel with Mr. Brian Taylor, minister, officiating. Music will be under the direction of Loren Harris. A private committal and inurnment will be held at a later date at Mountain Home. Special thanks to all of his friends for the numerous cards, phone calls, visits and prayers during his extended illness. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be sent in Fred's honor and memory to the EHS Class of 1962/Fred Wetzel Scholarship Fund, c/o Carter County Bank, P.O. Box 1990, Elizabethton, TN 37664. Memories and condolences may be shared with the family at www.tetrickfuneralhome.com.
Arrangements for the Wetzel family are in the care of Tetrick Funeral & Cremation Services, 3001 Peoples Street, Johnson City, (423) 610-7171.


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It's now that time of the year when we start to recall specific games lost...that were given away by sloppy defense and errors that completely changed the game's outcome.
As a NATS fan....can't help but focus on Ryan Zimmerman's crappy defense and his inability to make accurate...NON RUSHED throws to 1st base.
Am tired of selfish players who refuse to fess up when they are not 100%.


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Hi folks,
As I'm a complete noob when it comes to Flash, I would really appreciate your help with this one.
For one of my clients, I have made a flash video using Adobe Encore CS5.5 (I'm now using CS6). I just made a dvd with menus as I normally would, but this time, I exported it as a flash site, as they preferred this over a hardcopy on dvd/blu-ray.
The goal is to play this flash video in about 150 paydesk terminals, some running on Win XP and some on Win 7.
Flash Player 10.3.181.34 is installed on all the terminals, with no active x plug-in.
The video codecs are standard from Windows, with Flash 9 included.
The video will be streamed from a server of the network administrator.
The terminals are not connected to the internet, only to an internal network.
As I understand, to be able to play this Flash file, at least flash player 11 is needed.
So at the moment, my client can't play this file on any of these terminals.
They asked me to make the flash video compatible with their systems, but as I already told you and them, I'm a complete noob when in comes down to Flash.
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Is there any way to achieve a downgrade of this file to Flash 9?
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Thank you all in advance!
So this is to be opened in a Web browser? and the browser is using pluggin ver 10.3 something?
As I understand, to be able to play this Flash file, at least flash player 11 is needed.
Why is that? Where did you get that idea?
The player version is most likely set when you published from Encore. So Publish for a lower version.
I exported it as a flash site
So there is a Flash <object> embedded into a Web page?
If you can't re-publish from Encode, try just editing the swfversion / player version directly in the HTML code.... post code if you don't know how/where.
But better to re-publish directly from Encore, targeting a lower version.
Best wishes,
The Flash 11 comment comes from Minu here:
He may be covering the latest features of Encore to flash in CS6. I only have flash 11.3 to test at the moment, so can't comment on what functionality may not be available on a lower version of flash.
Tamas, have you tried the current flash export on the terminal, and if so, what error do you get?
The player version is most likely set when you published from Encore. So Publish for a lower version.
There is no control from Encore on the player version. You have control over what encode to use (flv vs f4v and various settings within those).
In CS6 compared to earlier versions, there are a number of modifications to make after the project is exported. But I do not believe that version of player is one of them. You can edit the html re the versions to allow.
Yes, it is an <object> embed. FYI, the version specified there is 9.0.
So I could try editing the html code to allow lower versions te play it?
Here's the code of the index file, I really have no idea what to edit:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title> BCC Basic HD </title>
<body bgcolor="#4B4B4B">
<div align="center">
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve rsion=9,0,0,0" width="1280" height="725" id="flashdvd" align="middle">
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="samedomain" />
<param name="movie" value="flashdvd.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#4b4b4b" />
<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent"/>
<embed src="flashdvd.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#848484" width="1280" height="725" name="flashdvd" align="middle" allowscriptaccess="samedomain" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
So I could try editing the html code to allow lower versions to play it?
Can you confirm that it does not play? And what error/message do you get if it does not?
The only version I see mention of in there is 9.
The network administrator said that the file will not open on the terminals. I don't know the error message yet, but I will come back to that.
Hi ,
I think the issue you are facing because you are streaming from Server , To make it work you need to do some changes in security settings for flash :
Here are the steps :
If the playback does not start after clicking on index.html, do the following:
1 Double click index.html.
2 Right click, select Global Settings. Flash Player settings manager is displayed.
3 Click the Advance Tab
4 Click Trusted Location Settings.
5 Click Add, and browse to the path where the exported folder is located (For
example, if exported folder is in the C drive, you can browse till the C drive.
6 Close browser and double click index.html.
Thanks for your input Minu, but I think things have changed a bit and this is why:
Here is some new info from the network administrator which I didn't know of, untill now.
The file is opened internet explorer 6/7.
The screen stays empty, except for the menu selection bar in the main menu and the menu selection icon.
The movie files and (I'm not sure of this one yet) the submenus are not being played.
There is no pop-up of any kind of error nor a message for updating when opening the file.
The system administrator now thinks that it has something to do with codecs and I'm beginning to think the same.
So the terminals do recognize the file, but they cannot play the video parts of the file properly.
The Flash videos are in an f4v container, with a .h264 codec.
I will try to make a new build in Flv with an On2 VP6 codec and see what happens.
Do you think that this is a good idea, or am I overseeing something?
Hi Tamas ,
Did you try the security settings i mentioned in my previous post ?
I think the menus are getting displayed but not video files seems to be the case of security settings .
As menu is present on your local system ( in output folder) , while the video files needs to be streamed from streaming server .
On the same screen where menu is displayed >right click >Global settings and set security settings as mentioned in my previous post.
He only needs streaming if he set it that way. You can set the encore to flash as static. But security settings still apply. In Win7, I'm just prompted to click enable; I don't think I ever changed the security for this laptop.
Also, I don't think you get the screen (menu) if the security is preventing the swf from playing.
We have seen a similar version of this (also referred over to this forum from Encore) where the server settings for the files were the problem. Can you play the f4v directly on the test machine?
What I think you are seeing, Tamas, is that some files are playing (png's) and some are not (f4v). The flv may work.
If the vid file is a .f4v, then you need at least Flash Player 10, not 9.
If you want to stick with Flash player 9 (as your code says), then encode as a .flv.
If you see part of the .swf but not all, then it it not a local security issue... it's more likely an incorrect path to one or more of the associated Flash assets. The .swf is not finding the file (.flv for example).... hence, that part of the Flash does not display.
Not sure what your folder structure is ... but for your review:
Almost always when it works on the local machine and not the server, it's a pathing problem.
You can put your Flash related files in whatever folders you want, they do NOT have to be in the root, they do NOT all have to be in the same folder. But if you have a problem and if sticking them all in the root folder works, then you know that the issue was a pathing problem.
Just remember that paths used in the .swf become relative to the Web page on which the .swf is placed, NOT it's physical location. So for example, if your .swf is in the flash/data folder and you use that .swf on a Web page in the root folder, you are in effect, removing that .swf from flash/data and putting it in root. So if the .swf is loading any related files (xml, images, video, etc), the path used inside the .swf to load the .xml file has to be relative to it's new location in root and then back down into flash/data. This is true even though when testing the .swf by itself, it can be inside flash/data and work just fine, since relative to it's location, the path is just fine, they are in the same folder. But if that same path is used when the .swf is placed on a page two folder levels up, the relative path has changed, the old "same folder" path will not work.
In fact if you are placing the .swf on a web page in a different folder than the .swf is stored in, and that .swf calls external assets, then direct clicking and opening of the .swf in it's folder should NOT work! That's because the paths to the external assets should be relative to the Web page and not the physical location of the .swf.
So just be sure that you use addresses relative to the final Web page locations (not physical file locations) and you can put the Flash related files in what ever folders you want.
Best wishes,
Eye for Video
Best wishes,
Thanks, Adninjastrator. That is helpful.
The Encore export to flash structure is the .htm and .swf (and 2 .xml's) in the main folder, and all assets in a folder below them called "sources." The paths are relative, so, as you note, that is usually not an issue.
If some of what Tamas is seeing is menu elements (highlights), then the .swf is seeing the sources folder. If all he is seeing is the player controls, then perhaps not.
Hi everyone,
Sorry for my absence, but I've been on holiday for a month.
Meanwhile, my client got tired of waiting for a solution and placed the file on their own server, where it seems to be working fine.
So the playback issue at the network administrator is solved, because the client is not using their server anymore.
I'm not really sure what the problem was, let's just say that it solved itself
But I really want to thank you for all your help and for thinking with me!
However, a new problem appeared when I transcoded an sd version of the file, but I will start a new thread for this.
Welcome back!
Points to server settings, but who knows!
Glad it is working.


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PENSIONERS, young job seekers and motorists were given a big boost in Chancellor George Osborne's Autumn Statement today - despite another £3bn of cuts being announced.
The state pension will rise £2.95 a week from April - worth £153 during the year - in a bid to appease older voters.
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Arshavin joined Arsenal in a high-profile move from Zenit in 2009, but the 30-year-old has been struggling for form this season and consistently linked to a possible move away from The Emirates.
Speculation emerged on Friday that Zenit were keen on welcoming Arshavin back, with unsubstantiated sources suggesting the Russian league leaders were prepared to pay a £1 million fee along with his wages.
The terms of the deal are yet to be announced, but confirmation arrived via Arshavin's personal Twitter account around 8pm. "It's done," he wrote.
Soon after ther Russian club said on their website: "Arshavin is back!''
The move may have come as a surprise to Gunners manager Arsene Wenger, who had maintained earlier on Friday he did not expect Arshavin to rejoin his former club before the Russian transfer window closed. Wenger did add he would "not stand in his way'' should an 11th-hour agreement be reached.
Arshavin spent eights years with Zenit, and his return to the Russian league leaders will no doubt be greeted warmly by fans who witnessed his rise to become one of Europe's most sought-after talents.
Another motivation for Arshavin's return can be found in this summer's Euro 2012 tournament, in which he would hope to feature prominently for Russia. Playing regularly for Zenit certainly won't harm his chances.